Metro News & Reviews

Groundbreaking held for HOV lane on 5 freeway between the 170 and 118

The most recent map of HOV projects in Los Angeles County. Click above for a larger image.

Nothing like triple digit temperatures to bust some sod, but that’s exactly what public officials did this morning in the San Fernando Valley on a project that will add 3.4 miles of HOV lane to both directions of the Golden State Freeway between the 170 and 118 freeways.

The $140.2-million project will also widen four under-crossings for the 5 freeway, perform some pavement repair and construct HOV-to-HOV exits and entrances between the HOV lanes on the 5 and 170.

Among the funding sources are Metro, the state of California and the federal government’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.